When you completely extract yourself from anything familiar.
ALAN PALOMOLet alone 15 minutes – to decide what you think about it.
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There’s a very distinct difference between a really wonderful DIY label and a soft drink company, or a car company, or a clothing brand, and you will always understand that difference.
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I can’t pretend that I don’t subscribe to Internet music culture in that I discover new music and old music simultaneously.
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Things are changing at such a rate that you really can’t get too familiar with anything that you own in relation to what sort of functionality it has in your life.
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And sometimes you have to let it go limp and detach yourself from any associations.
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I think it’s more about trying to just focus exclusively on writing music and making that a viable, sustainable lifestyle.
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Because anybody can find their fan base through the Internet.
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I subscribe to the idea that personality is like a muscle.
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But I can’t ignore that there are things that inspire me, and I love celebrating those.
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There’s this really amazing quote from Jim Jarmusch about celebrating your theft that I think has become more and more prominent in music.
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“It’s not where you got it from, it’s where you take it.” To me, that’s just an integral part of why I even bother making music.
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Like the idea that every night might be the night before the world ends.
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Is my music indicative of a caffeine-surged green liquid? Probably not.
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But it’s not anything like what we envisioned it to be. It’s almost like there’s too much choice.
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But all you can do is ignore the annoying hum of the machine and focus on making art that makes you excited to be alive.
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You really need to stop Googling yourself and start being an artist.
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